Links

Links of general interest to HIA practitioners, reviewers, policy-makers and stakeholders. Additional links pertaining to specific pathways, sectors and methods are provided in those sections of the HIA-CLIC website.

International clearinghouses for HIA

Association of Public Health Observatories- Health Impact Assessment Gateway (U.K.). The organization develops public health expertise and in-depth knowledge of health and health care at a regional level. They monitor and forecast trends in health status and disease, and play a major role in showing how health inequalities are being tackled locally and regionally. They also monitor the effects of health and health care interventions

Demographic and health risk data for describing affected populations

Health-related data clearinghouses (links to other sites and more)

Network of 12 public health observatories working across the five nations: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Offer information, data and intelligence on health and health care for practitioners, policy makers and the community at large

The London Health Commission works in partnership with agencies across the capital to reduce health inequalities and improve the health and well being of all Londoners. Site includes resources and full-reports of HIA

CHP- SWITRS provides extensive data on fatal and injury motor vehicle traffic collisions in California by year, time, number of vehicles and persons involved; also provides information on whether alcohol contributed to the collision

North American Industry Classification System. Site offers business patterns by zip code, census tract numbers for residential street address, national economic data by individual counties, as well as occupation information by race and gender

Data sources on the prevalence of health conditions and risk factors

From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Interactive database allows tabulation of state data and for select metropolitan areas (in California: Los Angeles/Long Beach/Glendale and San Francisco/Oakland/Fremont)